As nouns the difference between mauve and fuchsia
is that mauve is a bright purple synthetic dye while fuchsia is a popular garden plant, of the genus Fuchsia, of the Onagraceae family, shrubs with red, pink or purple flowers.
As adjectives the difference between mauve and fuchsia
is that mauve is having a pale purple colour while fuchsia is having a purplish-red colour.
mauve
Noun
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en noun)
(historical) A bright purple synthetic dye.
The colour of this dye; a pale purple or violet colour.
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fuchsia
Noun
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en noun)
A popular garden plant, of the genus Fuchsia'', of the ''Onagraceae family, shrubs with red, pink or purple flowers.
A purplish-red colour, the color of fuchsin, an aniline dye.
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Quotations
; plant
* 1922' : Drenched were the cold '''fuchsias , round pearls of dew lay on the flat nasturtium leaves. - , ''At The Bay (Selected Stories, Oxford World's Classics paperback 2002, 281)
Synonyms
* (colour) magenta
Adjective
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Having a purplish-red colour.
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